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We recognize that there are challenges to defining what Hate speech is, and so, we choose to define it directly below as applies to the use of the UNPRESS platform. Hate speech is one speech that:

  • Attacks people or groups of people directly

  • Is any type of communication that targets protected classes, which includes: race, ethnicity, skin color, religion or creed, national origin, sex - including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or serious disease, veteran status, genetic information or citizenship. To these classes we add: refugee status, cast and social class.

  • We consider age as a targeted protected class when referenced in conjunction with another protected class.

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